QUINN, John Henry (1860-1941) Liverpool 1873; CL Chelsea 1887-1928
He is remembered in particular as a cataloguer, lecturing on it at the LSE classes before World War I and after it at UCL. He published Manual of library cataloguing (1899); Library cataloguing (1913) and, with H W Acomb, Manual of cataloguing and indexing (1933, 2nd edition 1937). He was active in the LA and Honorary Treasurer 1928-1929.
b. Sept. 1860 Liverpool
Liverpool Sept. 1873-Dec. 1887, latterly as principal cataloguing assistant
Chelsea from Dec. 1887
LA Council member
Liverpool 1873; CL Chelsea 1887-1928
He is remembered in particular as a cataloguer, lecturing on it at the LSE classes before World War I and after it at UCL. He published Manual of library cataloguing (1899); Library cataloguing (1913) and, with H W Acomb, Manual of cataloguing and indexing (1933, 2nd edition 1937). He was active in the LA and Honorary Treasurer 1928-1929.
b. Sept. 1860 Liverpool
Liverpool Sept. 1873-Dec. 1887, latterly as principal cataloguing assistant
Chelsea from Dec. 1887
LA Council member
(YB 1897, 137)